592.    ---------------.[COKE AND GAS.]  Manufacture of Primary Alcohols by the Oxo Process.  Vol. 9, 1947, pp. 61-65.

      Excellent review, with diagrams and flow sheets of the plant and operation, of the Oxo process for the manufacture of primary aliphatic alcohols from olefins and water gas.  The information is adapted mainly from CIOS and BIOS reports.  For the pilot plants at Holten (Ruhrchemie) and Leuna (I. G. Farbenindustrie, A.-G.) the cost of production of the alcohols was about RM. 0.90-0.95/kg. and the sales price RM. 2.5/kg.  For large-scale production (12,000 tons batch process/year) the capital and operating costs were estimated at RM. 78/100 kg. of alcohol; for full-scale continuous operation RM. 60/100 kg.  The potentialities of the process are briefly discussed from the viewpoint of products, and methods for increasing the production of olefins by medium-pressure, gas-recycle, and liquid-phase, fluid-catalyst are mentioned.